WALT: write about the plot, setting, characters, theme of our novel and to write a critical response.
S.C We Have
Describe Three main Characters looks and Personalities.
Identified the main themes in our novel.
Described in detail where our novel takes place so that a picture is created in the readers head.
Listed the main events in the story.
Written about what I liked and didn't like about our novel and given a recommendation for intend audience.
Great Work rueben, I like the language that you used but where are the theme and plot page, besides that it is well written and well set out. you also needed to write a bit more about the setting and you could have had a picture. :)
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Thursday 5 May 2011
See Ya, Simon By David Hill I think that See Ya, Simon is about a Teenager called Simon. In the blurb it says that simon has Muscular Dystrophy and he is stuck in a wheelchair for the rest of his short life. I think that See Ya, Simon is about his best friend Nathan's last year with Simon before Simon dies.
Session Two Read Chapter One then answer the following questions Todd Martin should come first because Todd's last name start with ma and Melissa McDonald's starts with mc.√ Find the simile on the first page. Who works through jokes like our dog works through a plate of Jellimeat.√ The soccer ball was well-trained because it landed right on Simon's lap.√ Haare pretended to pray and then tried to hide behind his goal post when he saw Simon coming towards him.√ Simon was playing goalie because he can not run and you don't have to run when you are playing goalie.√ Simon got a new wheelchair because he couldn't push his old one anymore.√ Nathan has a crush on Brady West.√
Fragile means for an object easily broken or damaged. Flimsy or insubstantial; easily destroyed : you have a fragile grip on reality if a person not strong or sturdy; delicate and vulnerable.√ Simon has 1or 2 years to live.√ Simon doesn't really care about his illness that much.x tries not to to think about it Session Three ReadChapter Two then answer the following questions Civilised means polite and well-mannered.√ Nathan says his dog has no concern for the environment because he pees on every tree he can.√
Nathan doesn't like his sister.√
muscular dystrophy is disease where the muscles of your body get weaker and just waste away.√ Simon would disappear for a while at times when he was in hospital.√ Ms Kidman was both smiling and crying at the same time because she know he was having fun and going to die.√
Simon uses his disability as an advantage when he wants to get out of doing maths homework.√ Session Four Read Chapters Three and Four then answer the following questions It annoys Simon some people are to soft on him.√ Simon is normally running or walking in his dreams.√ Nathan wait for christmas to come around again next year because he wants another hug from Kirsti√ Simon can't reach the dice in their roleplaying game.√ Simonʼs parents take a lot of photos of him for memories of him when he dies.√ The howling noise from the shower was simon singing.√
Session Five Read Chapter Five then answer the following questions Making an enemy of Alex Wilson is not a recommended way of increasing your life expectancy means that it is dangerous to make enemy of Alex Wilson.√ Simon sometimes needs somebody to talk at not talk to because he needs to say what he thinks.√ Simon lash out at Nathan when he is trying to help him because he does not want help.√ Session Six Read Chapter Six then answer the following questions Nathan did all these nice thing for his sister ran her a bath, mended her netball boots with insulating tape and walked the dog for her.√ Nathan got ready to hide under the table when Fiona asked why they donʼt get Dad to send them money because he thought that mum was going to explode.√
upset Everybody felt sad^ after Simon read his poem to the class.x Ms Kidman said that nobody would forget Simonʼs poem because it was sad and made everyone "think what if?"√ Session Seven Read Chapter Seven then answer the following questions Nathan has made a promise to himself to be kind to everyone because he is sometimes mean to them.x Because of Simon's poem Simon be no competition for Nathan with Brady West for a while he is in the hospital.√ Mr Rata stood up to take over the conversation because he didn't want anyone to start crying.x Because another kid had the same condition as simon and he died. Session Eight Read Chapter Eight then answer the following questions Nathan have trouble talking to both Brady and Kirsti because he likes them and is embarrassed.√ Nathanʼs mum tells him he is a neat kid because he is normally very kind to everyone.x Why were the Shaws quiet on the way home from the hospital because they had had some very bad news.x Because they didn't like to leave simon at the hospital alone Session Nine Read Chapters Nine and Ten then answer the following questions
Simon is helping to keep unemployment down by making more jobs in the hospital.√
Simon talking about Jason in the final paragraph of Chapter 9.√
The class is filming a movie about the Women's Suffragette Movement.√
Why canʼt Simonʼs electric wheelchair be in the film when the movie was set there where no electric wheelchairs.√
Session Ten Read Chapters Eleven and Twelve then answer the following questions
It easy for Nathan to say tough things when he saw Simon again because he looked so thin.√
The two main reasons Simon doesnʼt like the Telethon tv programme are how they made it sound like giving money was the only thing people could do to help and made them look worse then they actually are.√
Nathan keeps forgetting that he made a promise to be around Simon all the time.x that simon is not going to get a job
Session Eleven Read Chapter 13 then answer the following questions
Nathan is so dramatic about babysitting because he doesn't like babysitting√
Primitive means uncivilized. see seson three√
Mrs Shaw started crying because she was happy.x Because simon was never going to have a baby
These 5 words describe Nathan:
funny√
neat√
friendly√
helpful√
caring√
Kirsti calls Nathan a neat kid because he is a good kid.x because he is a good friend to simon.
Session Twelve Read Chapter 14 then answer the following questions
It gets harder for your lungs to work properly with Muscular Dystrophy because the muscles in your chest and shoulders get weaker.√
Nathan feels upset about Simon getting sicker.x he feels guilty.
I would feel the same way Nathanʼs position because my best mate is dying.√ Session Thirteen
Read Chapters 15 and 16 then answer the following questions
It was so hard to push Simon up the bank because the wheelchair brakes were on.√
Simon felt sore and embarrassed after being thrown from his wheelchair√
Nathan feels with Nelita annoyed.x she is actually a very caring person
Simon have to go to school in the van now because his parents don't want him to be in the cold for long√
Session Fourteen Read Chapter 17 then answer the following questions
It means that they don't want to think about it when people donʼt face what is happening.x it scared them.
Nathan stared at nothing much when he got off the phone because he knew that Simon was getting sicker.√
Simon means that doesn't think that Brady likes Nathan when he says Nathan is working on the wrong girl.x start working on Nelita
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WALT: write about the plot, setting, characters, theme of our novel and to write a critical response.
S.C We Have
Great Work rueben, I like the language that you used but where are the theme and plot page, besides that it is well written and well set out. you also needed to write a bit more about the setting and you could have had a picture. :)
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Thursday 5 May 2011
See Ya, Simon By David Hill
I think that See Ya, Simon is about a Teenager called Simon. In the blurb it says that simon has Muscular Dystrophy and he is stuck in a wheelchair for the rest of his short life. I think that See Ya, Simon is about his best friend Nathan's last year with Simon before Simon dies.
Session Two
Read Chapter One then answer the following questions
Todd Martin should come first because Todd's last name start with ma and Melissa McDonald's starts with mc.√
Find the simile on the first page. Who works through jokes like our dog works through a plate of Jellimeat.√
The soccer ball was well-trained because it landed right on Simon's lap.√
Haare pretended to pray and then tried to hide behind his goal post when he saw Simon coming towards him.√
Simon was playing goalie because he can not run and you don't have to run when you are playing goalie.√
Simon got a new wheelchair because he couldn't push his old one anymore.√
Nathan has a crush on Brady West.√
Fragile means for an object easily broken or damaged. Flimsy or insubstantial; easily destroyed : you have a fragile grip on reality if a person not strong or sturdy; delicate and vulnerable.√
Simon has 1or 2 years to live.√
Simon doesn't really care about his illness that much.x tries not to to think about it
Session Three
Read Chapter Two then answer the following questions
Civilised means polite and well-mannered.√
Nathan says his dog has no concern for the environment because he pees on every tree he can.√
Nathan doesn't like his sister.√
muscular dystrophy is disease where the muscles of your body get weaker and just waste away.√
Simon would disappear for a while at times when he was in hospital.√
Ms Kidman was both smiling and crying at the same time because she know he was having fun and going to die.√
Simon uses his disability as an advantage when he wants to get out of doing maths homework.√
Session Four
Read Chapters Three and Four then answer the following questions
It annoys Simon some people are to soft on him.√
Simon is normally running or walking in his dreams.√
Nathan wait for christmas to come around again next year because he wants another hug from Kirsti√
Simon can't reach the dice in their roleplaying game.√
Simonʼs parents take a lot of photos of him for memories of him when he dies.√
The howling noise from the shower was simon singing.√
Session Five
Read Chapter Five then answer the following questions
Making an enemy of Alex Wilson is not a recommended way of increasing your life expectancy means that it is dangerous to make enemy of Alex Wilson.√
Simon sometimes needs somebody to talk at not talk to because he needs to say what he thinks.√
Simon lash out at Nathan when he is trying to help him because he does not want help.√
Session Six
Read Chapter Six then answer the following questions
Nathan did all these nice thing for his sister ran her a bath, mended her netball boots with insulating tape and walked the dog for her.√
Nathan got ready to hide under the table when Fiona asked why they donʼt get Dad to send them money because he thought that mum was going to explode.√
upset
Everybody felt sad^ after Simon read his poem to the class.x
Ms Kidman said that nobody would forget Simonʼs poem because it was sad and made everyone "think what if?"√
Session Seven
Read Chapter Seven then answer the following questions
Nathan has made a promise to himself to be kind to everyone because he is sometimes mean to them.x Because of Simon's poem
Simon be no competition for Nathan with Brady West for a while he is in the hospital.√
Mr Rata stood up to take over the conversation because he didn't want anyone to start crying.x Because another kid had the same condition as simon and he died.
Session Eight
Read Chapter Eight then answer the following questions
Nathan have trouble talking to both Brady and Kirsti because he likes them and is embarrassed.√
Nathanʼs mum tells him he is a neat kid because he is normally very kind to everyone.x
Why were the Shaws quiet on the way home from the hospital because they had had some very bad news.x Because they didn't like to leave simon at the hospital alone
Session Nine
Read Chapters Nine and Ten then answer the following questions
Simon is helping to keep unemployment down by making more jobs in the hospital.√
Simon talking about Jason in the final paragraph of Chapter 9.√
The class is filming a movie about the Women's Suffragette Movement.√
Why canʼt Simonʼs electric wheelchair be in the film when the movie was set there where no electric wheelchairs.√
Session Ten
Read Chapters Eleven and Twelve then answer the following questions
It easy for Nathan to say tough things when he saw Simon again because he looked so thin.√
The two main reasons Simon doesnʼt like the Telethon tv programme are how they made it sound like giving money was the only thing people could do to help and made them look worse then they actually are.√
Nathan keeps forgetting that he made a promise to be around Simon all the time.x that simon is not going to get a job
Session Eleven
Read Chapter 13 then answer the following questions
Nathan is so dramatic about babysitting because he doesn't like babysitting√
Primitive means uncivilized. see seson three√
Mrs Shaw started crying because she was happy.x Because simon was never going to have a baby
These 5 words describe Nathan:
- funny√
- neat√
- friendly√
- helpful√
- caring√
Kirsti calls Nathan a neat kid because he is a good kid.x because he is a good friend to simon.Session Twelve
Read Chapter 14 then answer the following questions
It gets harder for your lungs to work properly with Muscular Dystrophy because the muscles in your chest and shoulders get weaker.√
Nathan feels upset about Simon getting sicker.x he feels guilty.
I would feel the same way Nathanʼs position because my best mate is dying.√
Session Thirteen
Read Chapters 15 and 16 then answer the following questions
It was so hard to push Simon up the bank because the wheelchair brakes were on.√
Simon felt sore and embarrassed after being thrown from his wheelchair√
Nathan feels with Nelita annoyed.x she is actually a very caring person
Simon have to go to school in the van now because his parents don't want him to be in the cold for long√
Session Fourteen
Read Chapter 17 then answer the following questions
It means that they don't want to think about it when people donʼt face what is happening.x it scared them.
Nathan stared at nothing much when he got off the phone because he knew that Simon was getting sicker.√
Simon means that doesn't think that Brady likes Nathan when he says Nathan is working on the wrong girl.x start working on Nelita
Session fifteen
Read to the end of the book